<?php
/**
 * This file is part of PHP_Depend.
 *
 * PHP Version 5
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Manuel Pichler <mapi@pdepend.org>.
 * All rights reserved.
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 *
 * @category   QualityAssurance
 * @package    PHP_Depend
 * @subpackage Util_Cache
 * @author     Manuel Pichler <mapi@pdepend.org>
 * @copyright  2008-2011 Manuel Pichler. All rights reserved.
 * @license    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php  BSD License
 * @version    SVN: $Id$
 * @link       http://pdepend.org/
 * @since      0.10.0
 */

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/**
 * Base interface for a concrete cache driver.
 *
 * @category   QualityAssurance
 * @package    PHP_Depend
 * @subpackage Util_Cache
 * @author     Manuel Pichler <mapi@pdepend.org>
 * @copyright  2008-2011 Manuel Pichler. All rights reserved.
 * @license    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php  BSD License
 * @version    Release: @package_version@
 * @link       http://pdepend.org/
 * @since      0.10.0
 */
interface PHP_Depend_Util_Cache_Driver
{
    /**
     * The current cache version.
     */
    const VERSION = '@version:f8ac612fc455c224570b18c0fa546c7e:@';

    /**
     * Sets the type for the next <em>store()</em> or <em>restore()</em> method
     * call. A type is something like a namespace or group for cache entries.
     *
     * Note that the cache type will be reset after each storage method call, so
     * you must invoke right before every call to <em>restore()</em> or
     * <em>store()</em>.
     *
     * @param string $type The name or object type for the next storage method call.
     *
     * @return PHP_Depend_Util_Cache_Driver
     */
    function type($type);

    /**
     * This method will store the given <em>$data</em> under <em>$key</em>. This
     * method can be called with a third parameter that will be used as a
     * verification token, when the a cache entry gets restored. If the stored
     * hash and the supplied hash are not identical, that cache entry will be
     * removed and not returned.
     *
     * @param string $key  The cache key for the given data.
     * @param mixed  $data Any data that should be cached.
     * @param string $hash Optional hash that will be used for verification.
     *
     * @return  void
     */
    function store($key, $data, $hash = null);

    /**
     * This method tries to restore an existing cache entry for the given
     * <em>$key</em>. If a matching entry exists, this method verifies that the
     * given <em>$hash</em> and the the value stored with cache entry are equal.
     * Then it returns the cached entry. Otherwise this method will return
     * <b>NULL</b>.
     *
     * @param string $key  The cache key for the given data.
     * @param string $hash Optional hash that will be used for verification.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    function restore($key, $hash = null);

    /**
     * This method will remove an existing cache entry for the given identifier.
     * It will delete all cache entries where the cache key start with the given
     * <b>$pattern</b>. If no matching entry exists, this method simply does
     * nothing.
     *
     * @param string $pattern The cache key pattern.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    function remove($pattern);
}

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